A509 crash in North Northamptonshire on 29 August 2003 at 05:30 involving a Suzuki Vitara
Four vehicles, including a Suzuki Vitara and a Rover 800 Series, were involved in a crash on the A509 in North Northamptonshire at 05:30 on Friday 29 August 2003. The 25-year-old male driver of the Rover 800 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Aug 2003
- Friday, 05:30
- Vehicles
- 4
- Suzuki Vitara and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.21606, longitude -0.68247, in the NN29 postcode district. The location was in the former Wellingborough district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200334NW03358
- Council area
- North Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 509
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 173 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 June 1998.
Slight
Skoda Favorit crash on the A509 in North Northamptonshire, 3 June 1998
173 m awayRef 199834NW00305
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A509 in North Northamptonshire, 17 February 1991
212 m awayRef 199134AW00182
Serious
BMW 1 Series crash on the A509 in North Northamptonshire, 2 December 2015
216 m awayRef 201534NW31325
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A509 in North Northamptonshire, 16 April 2011
233 m awayRef 201134NW13661
Serious
Volkswagen CC crash on the A509 in North Northamptonshire, 18 January 2025
238 m awayRef 2025340NN0192
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A509 in North Northamptonshire, 24 October 2004
304 m awayRef 200434NW05176
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Vitara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Rover 800 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 3: DAF Trucks FA 65CF
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 800 Series)
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 200334NW03358 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Northamptonshire road accident statistics for 2003.